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The flexible, the stereotyped and the in‐between: putting together the combinatory tool use origins hypothesis

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tool use research has long made the distinction between tool using that is considered learned and flexible, and that which appears to be instinctive and stereotyped. However, animals with an inherited tool use specialisation can exhibit flexibility, while tool use that is spontaneously innovated can be limited in its expression and facilitated
Jennifer A. D. Colbourne   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early evolutionary history of the seed

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The seed is an essential stage in the life history of gymnospermous and angiospermous plants, facilitating both their survival and dispersal. We reappraise knowledge of the evolutionary history of the gymnospermous seed, from its origin in the late Devonian through to the well‐known end‐Permian extinctions – an interval encompassing the ...
Richard M. Bateman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Classifying avian drinking behaviour: ecological insights and implications in a changing world

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water is a fundamental currency of life, and its availability significantly influences animal behaviour, physiology and distributions. However, our knowledge around the dependence on water for drinking and the direct and indirect mechanisms driving related behaviours remains partial in the context of changing climates. Here, we review patterns
Shannon R. Conradie, Marc T. Freeman
wiley   +1 more source

Fear of grazing rivals the toxin‐inducing effects of nutrients in two marine harmful algae – a meta‐analysis

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT One of the major subfields of chemical ecology is the study of toxins and how they mediate interactions between organisms. Toxins produced by harmful algae (phycotoxins) impact a wide variety of organisms connected to the marine food web. Significant research efforts have thus aimed to identify the ecological and evolutionary drivers behind ...
Milad Pourdanandeh, Erik Selander
wiley   +1 more source

Hydrogen Bonding is Key Factor in Reversible NH3 Uptake Causing Vapochromic and Magnetochemical Switching in Ni(II) Paddlewheel Complexes

open access: yesChemistryEurope, EarlyView.
Nickel complexes showing reversible vapochromic and spin crossover behaviors upon coordination and release of NH3 were synthesized. They bear bidentate pyridazine ligands, which allows for formation of hydrogen bonds between NH3 and the ligand in the second coordination sphere.
Sebastian Rücker   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fighting isn't sexy in lekking greater sage-grouse: a relational event model approach for mating interactions. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Biol Sci
Snow SS   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

One‐Pot Ruthenium‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Benzyl/Allyl‐Halide Substituted (dihydro)naphthalenes via Radical Benzannulation

open access: yesChemistryEurope, EarlyView.
A one‐pot protocol to synthesize reactive benzyl‐ and allyl‐halide‐substituted (dihydro)naphthalenes from 2,3‐aryl‐1,3‐butadiene substrates and halogenated alkanes has been developed, using [Cp*RuCl(PPh3)2] as the catalyst. Mechanistic studies revealed an atom transfer radical addition and radical benzannulation sequence, followed by HCl elimination ...
Nicole S. van Leeuwen   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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